One person dead, officer wounded in shooting confrontation at a Tennessee high school, officials say
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Knoxville police work the scene following a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, April 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Wade Payne) (Copyright 2021)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A student opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday, and police shot back and killed him, authorities said. The shooting wounded an officer and comes as the community reels from off-campus gun violence that has left three other students dead this year.
Police found the student in a bathroom at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, a city about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Nashville, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David B. Rausch said at a news conference. They ordered the student to come out, but he wouldn t comply, and that s when he reportedly opened fire, Rausch said.
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Authorities say a student at a Tennessee high school fired at officers and was killed by police. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David B. Rausch
A student opened fire on officers responding to a report of a possible gunman at a Tennessee high school Monday, and police shot back and killed him, authorities said. The shooting wounded an officer and comes as the community reels from off-campus gun violence that has left three other students dead this year.
PICTURED: Tennessee school resource officer who was shot in the leg by Knoxville high school student before being shot dead by cops
Knoxville Police Officer Adam Willson is recovering in hospital after he was shot in the leg during the incident at Austin-East Magnet High School on Monday
Willson is a 20-year police veteran currently working as the resource officer
The gunman student, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot by an officer
No one else was injured in the shooting
The deadly incident erupted when police first received reports of a student with a gun and found him holed up in a bathroom